After adding 3 new countries on Tuesday, the UAE passport ranked first globally, allowing its holder to enter 174 nations visa-free, according to the latest update to the Passport Index from Arton Capital, a consultancy. global financial.
According to the “Passport Index”, the passports of 11 countries compete for second place: Germany, Sweden, Finland, Luxembourg, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and South Korea, whose passports allow entry to 170 countries, without prior visa.
Of the 174, 119 countries can be entered visa-free and 55 countries whose visas can be obtained online or on arrival.
According to the world ranking on the website, since its rise to first place in early December 2018. At that time, it enabled its holder to enter 178 countries. Until the beginning of 2020, and before the spread of the pandemic, the Emirati passport held the first place in the world, in terms of power, since its rise to first place in early December 2018. At that time, it enabled its holder to enter 178 countries. Published by the Emirates Herald, a news and information agency.